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of becoming law.
Death ola Popular Scientist.
The death of DR.. Edward l.. Youmans
editor OF the PoDuIdr Science MontbIU
removes Il man who has done much to
popularize scientific knowledge in this
country. He has done this not only as ed
itor of the principal scientific periodical
in America but by his own writings, both
in book form and rs contribution to cur
rent, scientific discussion Besides editing
the Popular Science W0nthiY Mr. You-
man has served one Of our greatest Amer
lean publishing houses as the editor of the
international Scientific Series" success.
sion of works on scientific topics repre-.
senting the latest Investigation and rlpest
thought Of eminent scientists.
While DR. Eoumans was what we may
call an "intOlerant scientist, " and gave a
dangerously material tone to the iunuen-
tial publication under his control, yet he
was open to honest convictions, always
seeking more light aud there is reason
to suppose that his extreme views as an
apostle of Spencer and Huxley were some
what modified by later Investigations, and
by the broader views which have been adj
vanced ny many of his fellow scientists
1t may not he generally known that DR..
! \ oumans was a graduate of the Universe
ty OF Vermont in the medical department.
Although he drained his degree, he never
praciiced medicine. His weak eye-ight
was great impediment to scientific study,
and for several years he WAS totally blind,
being enabled to study only by the aid Of
"a Gts tor ! i a.
tions are not numerous. but are regarded
a. scientific classics Among them are a
/ Glass Book Of Chemistry' in 1852, which
/ has been translated into Spanish: ia Is %.
| "Alcohol and the Constitution of Man q"
and shortly after "Ihe Chemical Atlas"
"The Handbook of Household Science. "
and The Correlation aud Conservation Of
/ Forces, ''--of which doctrine he was the
/ first popular eNpuuuder, both in his book
and OH the lecture platform. DR.. Youmans
was appointed professor of chemistry at
Antioch college in 1866, but most of
his time has been devoted to editorial
work of one kind and another for the Ap-
pleton publishing firm. Some years since
he had severe attack of pneumonia and
| his health has been delicate ever since
He died of catarrhal consumption DR..
Goumans leaves a widow sister, Anna
Eliza Youmans, who is an authority on
botany, and brother, DR.. w j. You
mans
The Controversy with Canada
When United States senators discuss
the Question whether measure which il
about to become a law, means war with
nd ,t
and Northern New York may well prick
up their ears. \ war with England on
acc unit Of what Secretary Manning calls /
the "brutal' course of the Dominion an ,
thonties, would Of course mean active |
military operations through the Cham /.
plain valley, and along the northern Dor |
der of our state. 1t would mean the gath
ering OF armies along the frontier and |
the booming of cannon to the north of Us, |
if not at our doors. Is Mr.. ingalls, right !
when he declares that the Edmunds bill |
for the protection of American fishermen |
means war : The answer TO this is that |
while anything may mean war when two /
nations are determined to fight each other, |
in this case, and between two nations |
which have no desire to fight each other |
even more belligerent, measure than
this would not mean war. The bill itself !
is clearly simply for the protection of our
own citizens and interests There is Moth |
ing in it out of which England or Canada
can make "A cGSuS bcHi If the president |
should exercise the power which Congress |
clearly intends to give him and forbid the |
Introduction of Canadian fish, on any |
terms, or should exclude Canadian yes |
as.1, I,t 4
need to mean war. y proclamation |
of nOn-intercourse is not a dec |
laration of war. The danger of
a war with England-if there is any such |
danger, lies not in any such special meas
ures. but in the affecting between the !
people of the United States and those
of the British provinces north Of us
that is likely to result from the eN-
traOrdluary course which the Duu.ulHu |
government is pursuing toward this /
country. Canada wants reciprocity with |
This country. II WAS not profitable To us /
when We had it, and we want no more of /
1t. Canada has tried negotiations and di- /
plomacy u secure reciprocity treaty |
without success. She is now trying TO |
worry this country into such "A treaty, |
Tins will not work any better If any |
thing, indeed, were wanting To- put "A final |
end TO all arrangements for reciprocal |
trade, this would do 1t Some person,
doubt whether the president viii use the
power which this bill will give him, TO
close American markets othe Canadians.
We think he Will use FL. not m-hly, bat
To the extent necessary TO show our north
eru ueShbor- that they VIII be the chief
losers 10y their course. When Canada Is
compelled to back down there will
perhap, hc more danger Of serious trouble
than nov; for the process may leave
the Canadian people and government III
a condition of irritation which may pos
siDly fan itself into flame More prob
ably, however, with the aid OF "A little adj
monition from the mother country they
will then subside, and the former relations
of amity be resumed